Brighton-based Anglo-Maltese art-rock outfit ĠENN is made up of Janelle Borg – guitars (she/her), Sofia Rosa Cooper – drums (she/they), Leona Farrugia – Vocals (she/they), and Leanne Zammit – bass (she/her). The first iteration of the band started 10 years ago in Malta, before moving to Brighton. Over this time, they have built determined bonds as a self-described sisterhood, founded on instinctive trust and affection.
Steering clear of simplistic, surface-value interpretation, their debut album “unum” represents the Latin word for oneness, unity, a sense of being whole. It’s a hard-earned statement of evolution, woven from the band’s four distinct threads of influence and identity to reveal an arresting tapestry of ambition. It follows on from their 2021 debut EP Liminal which was born of isolation, a fragmented jigsaw puzzle put together at a distance in the pandemic era.
The project triumphed against all odds, but ĠENN knew the EP walked so that something far greater could run. unum is the product of that long-awaited togetherness. It captures that lightning in a bottle that strikes when four distinct strains of talent – four best friends – are free to create. Fusing experimental rock, psych–rock, and post–punk – with hints of Mediterranean folk and prog elements – ĠENN has never sounded so limitless.